Belizean Traditional Beans and Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup red kidney beans
• 1 cup thick coconut milk
• 1 garlic clove (optional)
• salt & pepper
• 2 cups rice
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 piece of salt meat (cut into small pieces)

Directions

1. 1

   Soften beans (soak first) with garlic.

2. 2

   Boil until tender and whole, adding salt meat (previously boiled to soften) when almost tender.

3. 3

   Add the milk, onion and seasonings.

4. 4

   Wash rice, then add to the beans.

5. 5

   Cook over gentle heat until liquid is absorbed.

6. 6

   Stir gently with a fork, and add a little water from time to time until rice is cooked.

7. 7

   Serve hot with a meat dish.

8. 8

   (Some favorite meat dishes with rice and beans are: stuffed baked chicken, stew chicken, stew fish, fried fish or meat balls).